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Up to the 19th century, many libraries simply arranged their books by size and date of acquisition. Individual books could be found through a catalogue. Others used simple classifications. Increasing public access and size led to the introduction of various more sophisticated '''library classification systems''', of which some important or distinctive ones are briefly covered below.
Up to the 19th century, many libraries simply arranged their books by size and date of acquisition. Individual books could be found through a catalogue. Others used simple classifications. Increasing public access and size led to the introduction of various more sophisticated '''library classification systems''', of which some important or distinctive ones are briefly covered below.


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Up to the 19th century, many libraries simply arranged their books by size and date of acquisition. Individual books could be found through a catalogue. Others used simple classifications. Increasing public access and size led to the introduction of various more sophisticated library classification systems, of which some important or distinctive ones are briefly covered below.

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